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by bee_rider 1164 days ago
I mean, Forbes, so take it with a grain of salt, but

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/02/08/shocking...

> Once every second, software in the Vizio TVs would read pixel data from a segment of the screen. This was sent home and compared against a database of film, television and advertising content to determine what was being watched.